BOURGES, FRANCE, Anthony Lucas- As she embarks on the last tour of a more than six-decade career that began in post-war Paris, iconic French singer Juliette Greco had some parting advice for young...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- The family of British singer Amy Winehouse, who died aged 27 from alcohol poisoning, condemned a forthcoming documentary about her life as "misleading" on Monday. Due to...
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA- An 18th-centry book on the history of Saint Peter's Basilica that was stolen last year in Rome has been recovered at a bookstore in Buenos Aires, officials said Thursday. The...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES, Sara Puig- Three years after saving the Earth -- and breaking a few box office records -- "The Avengers" are back with a power-packed punch this week with their latest...
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES- Sandra Bullock was named the World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2015 by People magazine Wednesday, following in the footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and last...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, Shaun Tandon- A rising star in her native France, the mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet is making her US orchestral debut with a work that she acknowledges may seem unusual....
CAIRO, EGYPT- Egyptian poet Abdel Rahman al-Abnudi, widely known for his revolutionary verse and criticism of two toppled presidents, died Tuesday at the age of 76, his wife said. Abnudi, who...
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES- Music greats paid tribute to singer-songwriter Lou Reed as a singular cultural voice, as the late Velvet Underground frontman entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Workers at Britain's world-renowned National Gallery are going on strike this week due to a dispute over a privatisation plan, a labour union said on Monday. Staff are to...
MADRID, SPAIN- Nobel-winning writer Mario Vargas Llosa on Sunday praised Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a women's rights advocate and leading critic of Islam, calling her "one of the most valuable"...
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